Top 10 Challenged Books of 2010 (ALA)

The ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom released their top 10 challenged books of 2010 today.  So here it is for you to see.  For more information, visit the OIF website at the link below.

Out of 348 challenges as reported by the Office for Intellectual Freedom

1. And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
   Reasons: homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group
2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
   Reasons: offensive language, racism, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and violence
3. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
   Reasons: insensitivity, offensive language, racism, and sexually explicit
4. Crank, by Ellen Hopkins
   Reasons: drugs, offensive language, and sexually explicit
5. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
   Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and violence
6. Lush, by Natasha Friend
   Reasons: drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group
7. What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones 
   Reasons: sexism, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group
8. Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich 
   Reasons: drugs, inaccurate, offensive language, political viewpoint, and religious viewpoint
9. Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie
   Reasons:  homosexuality and sexually explicit
10. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
    Reasons: religious viewpoint and violence

Have you come across any of these books being challenged wherever you're living/working?  What do you think of the reasons given for the challenges?  Personally, I think a few of them are just ridiculous, but that doesn't seem to stop people from challenging them anyway.  Also, I think people really just need to get over the whole Tango thing.  That book has been on top ten lists for far too long.  When the full list is published over the summer, I will post more books and information for you to read.

Thanks for listening!